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Overview

Call Number: SC0479

Creator:
Economics Club of Leland Stanford Junior University.

Creator:
Stanford University. Chess Club.

Title: Stanford University, Chess Club, records

Dates: 1903-1918

Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet

Summary: Minutes, 1903-1918, which often include records of games and tournaments; and miscellaneous correspondence, financial records,
records of tournament games, clippings, and a rules booklet. Some of the correspondence pertains to a tournament with the
University of California Chess Club in Berkeley, 1915.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Gift of Walter W. Burns, 1994.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.

The Stanford University Chess Club, a student club, was organized in February 1894.

Description of the Collection

Minutes, 1903-1918, which often include records of games and tournaments; and miscellaneous correspondence, financial records,
records of tournament games, clippings, and a rules booklet. Some of the correspondence pertains to a tournament with the
University of California Chess Club in Berkeley, 1915.